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October 26, 2005
Bargaining 2006
A call for nominees for BCNU's Bargaining Committee: Nominations will ONLY be accepted at regional bargaining conferences
The British Columbia Nurses' Union will accept nominations from candidates for BCNU's Bargaining Committee at this year's regional bargaining conferences. The committee helps negotiate a collective agreement for the Nurses' Bargaining Association.
Positions up for election on BCNU's Bargaining Committee are: one representative for Long Term Care; two representatives for Community; two representatives for Acute Care (from facilities with 701 or more members); one representative for Acute Care (from facilities with 201-700 members); one representative for Acute Care (from facilities with 200 members or less). These positions are open to all BCNU members, but knowledge of our union's structure and Provincial Collective Agreement will be an asset.
Getting elected to the Bargaining Committee is a three-step process:
Step One: Nominations for these Bargaining Committee positions will ONLY be accepted at this year's regional bargaining conferences. (Please contact your steward or regional chair for the date of your region's upcoming bargaining conference.) Regional executives will be responsible for verifying that the candidates nominated by their region meet all appropriate criteria.
Step Two: All members nominated for BCNU's Bargaining Committee should also be elected at their regional bargaining conference as a regional delegate to BCNU's provincial bargaining conference, which will take place from February 28 to March 1, 2006.
Step Three: The names of all candidates are then put forward to the Provincial Bargaining Conference where delegates will elect the bargaining team on March 1, 2006.
 Election Statement and Nomination Form (22K pdf)
After being nominated at the regional level and elected as a regional delegate, each candidate running for the Bargaining Committee must provide BCNU's Nominations committee with a 75-word maximum typewritten election statement and a completed nomination form which must be signed by both the candidate and a member of the candidate's regional executive.
This material must be received at the BCNU office by 5 PM on the afternoon of January 17, 2006. Material received after this date will not be accepted.
Please ensure that your envelope is clearly marked "Nomination Form" and addressed to Maxine Armstrong, Chair, Nominations Committee, BC Nurses' Union, 4060 Regent Street, Burnaby BC V5C 6P5.
The 75-word maximum typewritten election statement will be printed and distributed to all delegates attending the provincial bargaining conference.
*Additional nomination forms will be available at your regional bargaining conference.
For more details contact:
Nominations chair Maxine Armstrong at 604-433-2268 or toll free at 1-800-663-9991.
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